Rolling-pin.



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ROLLING PIN.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 10, 191

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/ 0 a y y 9 I 7 5 g Patented Nov. 20, 191?- Y I INVENTOR WITNESSES fiMZU/Z ATTOHNEY MARY ELLEN souTHwIcK, on: KELLOGG, IDAHO.

, ROLLING-PIE.

I Specification of Letters Patent. Now, 20, 1917,,

' ap ease filed rebifiai 'fiaieiri salsa; 147,528.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY ELLEN SOUTH- WIOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kellogg, in the county of Shoshone and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rolling- Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in kitchen utensils, and more particularly to rolling pins.

The main object of the invention is to so construct a rolling pin that all the strain in operating the roller is borne by the arms instead of the hands of the user.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 represents a plan view of a rolling pin constructed in accordance with this invention,

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof,

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and with the pivoted pin shown in elevation.

Fig. 4 is a similar view taken on the line l4: of Fig. 1.

The rolling pin constituting this invention comprises an H-shaped frame composed of a pair of arms 1 and 2 arranged parallel with each other and each provided intermediately of its ends, preferably midway thereof, with'an enlargement '3, that on one arm being arranged opposite that of the other and each having an angular opening 4 therein which is designed to receive angular extensions 5 carried by the opposite ends of a cross bar 6 which is here shown in the form of a cylindrical rod to form a convenient hand grip for operating the roller. This rod 6 is provided at its ends at the bases of the extensions thereof with combined reinforces and stops 7 which are designed to abut the inner faces of the en largements 3 of the arms when the parts are in assembled position. In connecting these arms the ex en i ns 5 of the rod 6 are in.

serted in the angular openings in the enlargements of the arms and secured therein provided at their terminals with transversely extending bearings 11 arranged parallel with the openings t in the arm enlargements and which are designed to receive journals 12 carried by the opposite ends of the roller 13. These journals are preferably made integral with the roller, but not necessarily so, and are journaled in the bearings to rotate therein to provide for the turning of the roller when passing over the material or object to be rolled.

It is to be understood that the roller 13 and the connecting cross bar or rod 6 may be of any suitable or desired length and that the parts of the device may be composed of any suitable material.

In the use of this rolling pin the handles 9 are designed to rest on the arms of the user, the hands of the user gripping the rod 6 at any desired point, preferably adjac'ent its ends so that the rolling pressure is borne by the arms of the user instead of by the hands as is usual in devices of this character.

The device may be very cheaply constructed, and obviously it may be easily cleaned, all of the parts being simple and closely and compactly secured together.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which I the invention appertains and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely, illustrative and that such changes may be made as are within the scope of the claimed invention.

I claim g A rolling pin comprising a roller having I In testimony whereof I afiix inyfsignature in presence of two Witnesses.

h MARY ELLEN Q SOUTHVVICK.

arms extending at right angles therefrom and in which said roller is mounted to re volve, and a cross rod connecting said arms intermediately of their ends at points spaced from said roller, the free ends of said arms being designed to rest on the arms of the user When in operation.

Copies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

